main; principal; chief; primary; major
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
impiety; unbelief; infidelity
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
secret; private; surreptitious
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
personal meeting (esp. used by females)
to finish reading; to read through
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
thousands; great number of; variety
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
open; spacious; extensive
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
instant; moment; for an instant
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation